Youdan Trophy Limited, the [Sheffield-based football tournament company], are delighted to announce that their 2016 victory in a hard-fought trade mark dispute with Hallam F.C. was yesterday upheld, despite an appeal by the club. The decision is now final. The case related to our company’s 2014 application to register a YOUDAN TROPHY football logo. Jock […]

Liverpool U-18’s v FC Grindavik U-18’s at Fowlers Academy, Liverpool, United Kingdom, 17th August 2017. Photo by Glenn Ashley Photography The growing reputation of a Sheffield-based football tournament that brings the stars of the future to the city is developing into a year-round sports business. Youdan Trophy organisers have had that much interest from other […]

The Jiangsu Ladies football team at Stockport Sports Village, United Kingdom, 21st August 2017. Photo by Glenn Ashley Photography. The man that helped coach Wayne Rooney to sporting greatness turns his attention to China’s female footballing stars of the future in a first for Stockport Sports Village next week. Tosh Farrell, former technical co-ordinator and […]

The Youdan Trophy hosted its third annual Sporting Dinner last Wednesday ( June 28 ) and what a hugely successful night for both the competition and it’s two Sheffield charities it proved to be. The internationally-recognised football tournament raised money for the Sheffield Children’s Hospital Charity as well as local young housing charity, Roundabout. Both […]

One of Sheffield’s most prominent local politicians is joining You-Are-The-Ref to combine two of her great passions – sport and organising! The city’s former Lord Mayor, Cllr Denise Fox, has joined the stellar line-up at the internationally-acclaimed website with immediate effect – and can’t wait to get started. “This is a really wonderful and exciting […]